Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a great opportunity for TYPO3 to participate in a fantastic program. It will allow TYPO3 to get some important projects done, grow our community, and become more known around the world.

About Google Summer of Code

Google Summer of Code is a program that offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source projects. Historically, the program has brought together over 2,400 students with over 230 open source projects, to create millions of lines of code. The program, which kicked off in 2005, is now in its fifth year.[Source: GSoC FAQ]

Student Applications

Student applications will be accepted starting Monday, March 23. If you're an eligible student and want to work on TYPO3, please have a look at our ideas page. In case the ideas list doesn't offer a project for you right away, feel free to send us your own idea(s) you'd be interested to work on. Also for any specific questions regarding the ideas, feel free to directly contact any of our mentors.

For any general questions regarding TYPO3 and GSoC we have set up a GSoC mailinglist.

Next steps for Mentors

Mentors must sign up on the GSoC Appspot page and are also encouraged to join the GSoC mailinglist.